Scalar Potential

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Scalar Potential
Scalar Potential.jpg
Production overview

Rarity class:

Legendary

Weapon type:

Pulse Rifle

Intrinsic frame:

Rapid-Fire

Is craftable:

yes

Patterns needed:

5

Min-max stability:

44

Min-max handling:

25

Min-max magazine:

35

Specifications

Ammunition type:

Primary ammo

Damage:

ArcS.png Arc

Service history

In service:

Yes

Affiliation:

Guardian

 

"There's power in perspective."
— Weapon flavor text

Scalar Potential is a Pulse Rifle introduced in Season of the Wish. It deals Arc damage.

Traits[edit]

Barrel Bowstring Blade Haft Magazine Arrow Guard Perk 1 Perk 2 Stock Grip Origin

Polygonal Rifling Alloy Magazine Loose Change Under-Over Dragon's Vengeance
Chambered Compensator Appended Mag
Smallbore Flared Magwell
Corkscrew Rifling Extended Mag Hip-Fire Grip High Ground
Full Bore Tactical Mag
Hammer-Forged Rifling Accurized Rounds
Arrowhead Brake Permeability Focused Fury
Fluted Barrel Overflow Attrition Orbs
Enlightened Action Golden Tricorn
Keep Away Headseeker

Lore[edit]

There's power in perspective.

// VANNET // EUROPA WIDEBAND // AudCHNL-2113-C // ENCRYPTION ENABLED // CRYPTARCHY ARCHIVE DELTA-4F // ANNOTATED // CLASSIFIED

EB: Is that everything, Commander?

CZ: Well, no. There's one more thing. I wanted to ask you about Stasis. What it means for you to… wield the Darkness.

EB: I was wondering if you might ask me that. For me, Stasis is intimately tied to perception. And to time.

CZ: Time?

EB: Yes. Stasis has the power to slow molecular activity. A process that we normally associate with gravity. Relativity, and all that.

CZ: You're talking about time dilation.

EB: Exactly. We think of time as… steady. But that's only because we experience it from a fixed perspective. When I "freeze" something with Stasis, I'm changing its timeframe relative to myself and the world around me.

CZ: Stasis relies in part on one's perception of reality. Is that why Osiris always emphasizes self-control in using the Darkness?

EB: That's his way of framing things. He views Stasis as exerting authority over oneself and others.

CZ: And you don't?

EB: In my view, the goal of Stasis is not to control the object, or even my own mind. It's to change my perspective. To see the object moving at the speed of my thoughts, not the speed of matter.

CZ: And just… seeing it differently is enough?

EB: Is that so hard to imagine? It's very similar to how you use Void Light—manipulating spacetime and gravitational fields. In fact, I would argue that Void has more in common with Stasis than it does with Solar or Arc. Perhaps they're reverse sides of the same coin.

CZ: And using Stasis doesn't… worry you? Even after everything you've seen?

EB: It did. For a long time, I feared that using Stasis would corrupt me, as I'd seen others corrupted. But after what seemed like a thousand years trapped in that interminable loop, it gradually dawned on me: the fear was the corruption. As long as fear gripped me, Light or Darkness made no matter. Once I accepted that, the Darkness ceased to be frightening. It was another matter of perspective.

CZ: Hmm. Thank you, Elsie. You've given me a lot to think about. For some reason, your explanation makes me more… comfortable… with the idea.

EB: Any time, Commander. It's all a matter of perspective.

TRANSCRIPTION ENDS

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